Because Good Medicine Deserves Better Explanations
Smoke still curled from the wreckage at Pearl Harbor. Across the Pacific, the dead were still being counted—some drowned in burning ships, others incinerated before they could lift a rifle. In Washington, phones rang without rest. Advisers swarmed. The White House throbbed with urgency. Through it all, Franklin Delano Roosevelt sat at his desk, calm … Read more
In the summer of 1921, in a dim and dusty laboratory at the University of Toronto, a young surgeon with failing prospects and a second-year medical student began tying off the pancreatic ducts of dogs. What they were after was elusive—unseen, unnamed, and possibly imaginary. What they found would change the fate of millions. They … Read more
In the winter of 1906, somewhere north of the Arctic Circle, a young explorer named Vilhjalmur Stefansson sat cross-legged in an igloo, surrounded by Inuit hunters. Outside, the wind cut like a knife, shrieking across the frozen plain. Inside, the flickering light of seal oil lamps cast dancing shadows on the snow-packed walls. The air … Read more
Behind the Headlines This is the story of a stroke that changed global history—and a vision that may have saved it. In this episode of The Heart of Power, we examine the collapse of a president—and the fragile border between vision and vulnerability. This article began as part of a broader project—an effort to explore … Read more
I initially set out to write a straightforward blog post explaining what it means when a doctor says you have a 50% coronary artery blockage. It’s a topic that often confuses patients and clinicians, and I thought a clear explanation would be helpful. But as I began drafting, I realized that listing percentages and medical … Read more